"This dude is a pussy, man! I knew he was going to fight somebody that won't even be worth watching. I told you before they announced this fight that as soon as we heard the name, it was going to be somebody who we knew didn't stand a chance of beating him. I expected it and I got it. He hasn't developed as a fighter. He hasn't even grown into his complete power if you ask me. His boxing skills are definitely not the skills of a world championÂ…We all know he got a glass chin. That's why he say the things he say when it comes to fighting Amir Mansour because he know I'm one of the hardest punchers on the planet," stated hard-hitting heavyweight contender Amir Mansour, who had a lot to say about WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder. Check it out!
PC: Recently, Deontay Wilder said you have to climb the ranks and that you are only looking for a payday and that's the only reason you are saying his name. I'm sure you have a reply to that.
AM: Of course. First and foremost, just like Amir Mansour expects a payday when he steps into the ring, so does Deontay Wilder and every other fighter on the planet. There hasn't been a fighter in the history of boxing that fights and is not looking for a damn payday, so that is really an idiot way of going about ducking a fighter. That's the most stupid way you can go about trying to duck somebody by saying that they simply trying to look for a payday. If I was simply looking for a damn payday, it's a lot of other things I could go do to collect a fucking check other than getting in the ring and rumbling with a grown ass man. So to me, that's just his way of avoiding a fight with a real serious contender. On one hand, he talk about he don't believe in the rankings, and then he talk about I need to climb the rankings. I done climbed the rankings already; been up and down without losing a damn fight. And the one loss I do have shouldn't mess with any rankings. The only real rankings that I respect is www.boxrec.com; that's it. As far as the organizations, we all know how that play out. We know how that goes. And if you gotta climb the rankings in order to fight for a world title, then I would just ask him, "Well, who did you fight prior to your fight against Stiverne when you fought for the world title?" And the answer is Jason Gavern, a guy that Amir Mansour TKOed a year ealier in 1 round and it took you 4 rounds to get rid of him. That was your way of climbing the rankings. So we already know that's nonsense with him talking that.
And as far as the payday, I don't know any fighter that fought Deontay Wilder and became rich. I don't know any fighter that bragged about a payday because they fought Deontay Wilder. So now he's acting like he's the cash cow or the cash king, which is ridiculous because he can't financially walk away from boxing today just like any other fighter that's out here grinding and trying to get to the top can't or shouldn't or won't. So that's ridiculous for him to say I'm looking for a payday. I got 23 professional fights under my belt. If all I was trying to do was look for a payday, I would have been walked away from this sport because even going in the ring and whooping his ass, I'm still going to have to fight again and again to make more money because Deontay Wilder is not the cash king of the heavyweight division. Eric Molina didn't have to climb no fucking rankings in order to fight him. And either his last opponent fought him for free or he became a multi-millionaire, which we both know is not true. So this guy, he's obviously made a couple of dollars, he's not rich and he wants to portray himself as a rich man now or portray himself as if you fight me, you're going to make a bunch of money. And that's how he's trying to sell himself and that's fine. However you're trying to sell yourself is fine. I'm cool with it. You won the title, you're the champ. I respect what you did when you came out there and won the title, but don't knock anybody else for having the same desire to win the title that you had before you won it. You know damn well and I know damn well that just because you fight Deontay Wilder don't mean you're going to get a big paycheck.
PC: What caliber of opponent do you expect to see him fight next?
AM: A bum! It just got announced he might be fighting a guy by the name of Hughie Fury. Deontay has twice the amount of knockouts as this guy has fights. The WBC heavyweight champion of the world, who is 34 fights into his career, is fighting a guy with 16 fights and 8 knockouts. Look who this pussy is fighting. And he talk about I need to climb the rankings. When have you ever seen a fucking heavyweight champion this deep into his career and he still has to be matched against guys that couldn't punch? It's never happened. Guys like Holyfield came from cruiserweight and fought punchers. Steve Cunningham came from cruiserweight and fought punchers. Hell, David Haye came from cruiserweight to fight punchers. This dude is a pussy, man! I knew he was going to fight somebody that won't even be worth watching. I told you before they announced this fight that as soon as we heard the name, it was going to be somebody who we knew didn't stand a chance of beating him. I expected it and I got it. He hasn't developed as a fighter. He hasn't even grown into his complete power if you ask me. His boxing skills are definitely not the skills of a world champion. He had a real good opponent for his style and his size when he won that title. Let's not act like he won that title by really beating a true world champion. He beat somebody that was just there to defend a world title. Molina gave him a harder fight than Stiverne, if you ask me. Molina damn near stopped him. We all know he got a glass chin. That's why he say the things he say when it comes to fighting Amir Mansour because he know I'm one of the hardest punchers on the planet.
PC: I always appreciate your time. Best of luck to you and I'm sure you have some closing thoughts for me.
AM: Here's the deal, and lets just be realistic, Wilder has already stated that rankings and all that don't have nothing to do with anything. Okay, fine, but the way you're thinking now as if he is somebody that is in complete control of their career; if you really talking sincere and you really talking like the heavyweight champion we want you to be, make the call, make the fight with Amir Mansour, and if not me, then somebody that has a chance of beating your ass. Stop fighting these bums. Stop dumbing down the heavyweight division. Don't take the blueprint from Klitschko and think that you're going to milk the belt the way that he did. He did that overseas. The boxing fans in America not going to allow you to do that. You're not going to get away with that. So he needs to prepare himself to fight real challengers. I'm ready and available to whoop his ass at any time. He's just a tall dude. He's not a bad guy. He's not a ferocious fighter. He's just a tall guy that fought a lot of bums on his way up. The reality is that he needs to fight a real contender. You're not going to get away with that bullshit that Klitschko did here in America. I'm sitting back watching a movie and creating my own action film. I'm going to keep doing what I'm doing. I can't beg nobody to fight me. I've already tried to get in the ring with all of these so-called top 10 guys. They have all been offered decent paydays to fight me and they continue to come up with excuses. Add Deontay Wilder to the list of guys.
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